@4: I agree with giffy, and Howard Dean. And Lawrence O'Donnell of MSNBC, who refers to it as the "fiscal curb". Obama shouldn't even waste time talking to Boehner. Just let those tax cuts expire, period.

Re; GOL! or Not: Using high-tech solutions to determine if a ball crosses the goal line or not would only be addressing the tip of the iceberg. Nobody would seriously suggest that there be video reviews of every foul or non-foul. And if someone thinks that there was a hand ball, are they going to stop the game for a few minutes to review the film?

Here's something they COULD do, though. The Hawk-Eye product already involves putting a chip in the ball. It would be easy to clip a similar chip to the jerseys of all the players. Then, Electronic Arts could, in a matter of weeks, develop software that could accurately and automatically determine offsides and non-offsides. This would reduce the number of bad calls significantly.

Rmoney's cancellation of the credit cards shouldn't have come as a surprise to anyone. After all, this is a guy who said that you have to make $200,000 a year to qualify as middle class, so this includes most of his employees.

It also includes all teachers, police, andd newspaper writers. I continue to be amazed that some of these people voted for Rmoney.